Forecast of Energy Consumption and Carbon Emission of Urban Traffic by Using System Dynamics

In the future development of city, traffic acts a very important role, which not only support the modernization of city, but also offer more travel and transportation service for the increasing city population. Therefore, it is necessary to study the urban traffic, energy consumption and carbon emission based on System Dynamics. System Dynamics not only offer quantificational references and advice about city planning for the government, but also make people understand the present status of urban traffic and possible development trend of urban traffic under the influence of different policies. In this review, the energy consumption and emission of urban traffic, the development of System Dynamics and the advantages on solving urban traffic problems based on System Dynamics are introduced.